Move Could Clear Way for Labor Nominees, Worrying Some Employers

WASHINGTON—The ban on filibusters that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is threatening to adopt could clear the way for Democrats to confirm several people who would run influential labor agencies, and that's worrying the business community.

Labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez could be more easily confirmed, as could the two recess appointees who have been sitting on the National Labor Relations Board since President Barack Obama skirted the Senate to install them early last year, avoiding Republican opposition. Business...